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Great refractor

Great refractor refers to a large telescope with a lens, usually the largest refractor at an observatory with an equatorial mount. The preeminence and success of this style in observational astronomy defines an era in modern telescopy in the 19th and early 20th century. Great refractors were large refracting telescopes using achromatic lenses (as opposed…

Refractors come of age, The Golden era & Beginnings

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Great refractor

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refractors telescope great lens refractor century large observatory telescopes aperture largest used modern 19th paris also achromatic astronomy often era

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a Meridian Circleinstance ofbut was typically used with an entourage of other astronomical instruments0.80text
a Heliometerinstance ofbut was typically used with an entourage of other astronomical instruments0.80text
an Astrographinstance ofbut was typically used with an entourage of other astronomical instruments0.80text
and a smaller refractor such as a Comet Seeker or Equatorialinstance ofbut was typically used with an entourage of other astronomical instruments0.80text
the Leviathan of Parsonstowninstance ofthrough this time they were overshadowed by large reflectors0.80text
and work with the Crossley Reflectorinstance ofthrough this time they were overshadowed by large reflectors0.80text
increasingly larger silver-and-glass mirrors marked large refractors' obsolescenceinstance ofthrough this time they were overshadowed by large reflectors0.80text
the 36-inchinstance ofwith telescopes0.80text
lens qualityinstance ofand usefulness which correlated to features0.80text
mount qualityinstance ofand usefulness which correlated to features0.80text
apertureinstance ofand usefulness which correlated to features0.80text
and also lengthinstance ofand usefulness which correlated to features0.80text

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